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December 2011 (Newsletter 18) 
Requisitioning
1a. Closing Requisitions
1b. How to see the history of your requisition/ PO
PI Desktop
2a. Location change
Marketplace
3a. Update
Expenses
4a. BACS payment runs
4b. Expenses workflow
4c. Do you need help claiming expenses?
4d. Closing Expense Claims
Online Store
5a. Update
Communication
6a. Agresso User Survey
6b. 5.6 Upgrade
6c. Update 14 to be applied to live Agresso
6d. Drop in Sessions
6e. BUCS Service Desk
1a. Closing Requisitions
1b. How to see the history of your requisition/ PO
PI Desktop
2a. Location change
Marketplace
3a. Update
Expenses
4a. BACS payment runs
4b. Expenses workflow
4c. Do you need help claiming expenses?
4d. Closing Expense Claims
Online Store
5a. Update
Communication
6a. Agresso User Survey
6b. 5.6 Upgrade
6c. Update 14 to be applied to live Agresso
6d. Drop in Sessions
6e. BUCS Service Desk
July 2011 (Newsletter 17)
Marketplace
1a. Update
1b. Identifying a Window Shopper from a Missing GRN task
1c. Marketplace Substitute
Agresso Substitutes
2a. Agresso Substitutes
1a. Update
1b. Identifying a Window Shopper from a Missing GRN task
1c. Marketplace Substitute
Agresso Substitutes
2a. Agresso Substitutes
Addresses
3a. Purchase Order Details
Expenses:
4a. The end of paper claims
Online Store:
5a. Now launched
Communication:
6a. Drop in Sessions
6b. BUCS Service Desk
3a. Purchase Order Details
Expenses:
4a. The end of paper claims
Online Store:
5a. Now launched
Communication:
6a. Drop in Sessions
6b. BUCS Service Desk
VAT Rate Change
Details of the VAT rate change from 17.5% to 20%.
November 2010 (Newsletter 16)
Status Report
1a. Agresso Annual Survey
1b. Market Place
1c. Online Store
1d. Service Desk Cover
Purchasing
2a. Highlighting PO Numbers
2b. How to view your Purchase Card Transactions
2c. Cancelling a PO
Reporting
3a. Research Grants – Salaries posted after end date
Web Expenses
4a. Project Update
4b. Payment of Web Expenses
1a. Agresso Annual Survey
1b. Market Place
1c. Online Store
1d. Service Desk Cover
Purchasing
2a. Highlighting PO Numbers
2b. How to view your Purchase Card Transactions
2c. Cancelling a PO
Reporting
3a. Research Grants – Salaries posted after end date
Web Expenses
4a. Project Update
4b. Payment of Web Expenses
July 2010 (Newsletter 15)
Agresso Status Report
1a. Project Status
1b. Recent Event/ changes
Purchasing
2a. Commitments and Funds Checking
2b. Purchase of Mobile Phones
2b. Purchase of Mobile Phones
2c. Requisitions which have not produced a PO
Reporting
3a. New PI Desktop for Project Management Web Expenses
4a. Project update
April 2010 (Newsletter 14)
Agresso Status Report
1a. Project status
1b. Recent events/ changes
Web Expenses Project
2a. Training resources and FAQ's
Reporting
3a. Workflow Enquiries for Supplier & Purchase Invoices Overdue > 60 days
3b. Supplier Aged Debt
3c. Stuck Purchase Invoices
3c. Stuck Purchase Invoices
January 2010 (Newsletter 13)
Purchasing
1a. Smart Client Requisition Entry Enhancements
1b. Delivery Information
1c. Internal Trade Accruals & Commitments
Sales Orders
2a. Recording credit and debit card details through Web Payments
Reporting
3a. Estates Recharge Report by Department
Journals
4a. Description text field
4b. Journal Creation – Tips – Large Journals
4c. Journal Creation – Tips – Journal Information
4d. Journal Creation – Tips – My Journal Entries Report
Workflow
5a. Changes to Workflow
1a. Smart Client Requisition Entry Enhancements
1b. Delivery Information
1c. Internal Trade Accruals & Commitments
Sales Orders
2a. Recording credit and debit card details through Web Payments
Reporting
3a. Estates Recharge Report by Department
Journals
4a. Description text field
4b. Journal Creation – Tips – Large Journals
4c. Journal Creation – Tips – Journal Information
4d. Journal Creation – Tips – My Journal Entries Report
Workflow
5a. Changes to Workflow
October 2009 (Newsletter 12)
Purchasing
1a. New Process for Purchasing Card Processing
1b. Goods Receiving – how to see the original order
1c. Goods Receiving – how to cancel the remainder of an order
1d. Requisitioning – how to print a copy of your requisition in the web
1e. Requisitioning – how to see the original requisition from the approval screen
1f. Ordering from Estates – changes to workflow
1g. Internal Order Accept - how to see the text of your original order details
Reporting
2a. Print Settings in the Web
Help Desk
3a. Logging and adding Documents to Web Entry Help Tickets
1a. New Process for Purchasing Card Processing
1b. Goods Receiving – how to see the original order
1c. Goods Receiving – how to cancel the remainder of an order
1d. Requisitioning – how to print a copy of your requisition in the web
1e. Requisitioning – how to see the original requisition from the approval screen
1f. Ordering from Estates – changes to workflow
1g. Internal Order Accept - how to see the text of your original order details
Reporting
2a. Print Settings in the Web
Help Desk
3a. Logging and adding Documents to Web Entry Help Tickets
August 2009 (Newsletter 11) - Update 3
Agresso Upgrade Project
1a. Application of Update 3 to Agresso on August 14th
1b. Password Security on Log In to Agresso IMPORTANT
Purchasing
2a. Adding Documents to Requisitions
2b. Checking which Account Code to use with Products and Vice Versa
2c. To View the GL Coding of Requisitions
2d. Estates Recharging Reports
2e. Missing Goods Received Workflow
2f. Copies of Closed POs
Reporting
3a. To create reports under your Private Reports Folder
Workflow
4a. Visibility of Substitutes in Workflow Maps
4b. Internal Trade Workflow Maps
4c. Resizing the Workflow Pane in Workflow Enquiries
General
5a. Document Archive Update
5b. Setting Your Screen to Windows 2007 Display Options
Help Desk
6a. Summer Cover Levels and Response Times
1a. Application of Update 3 to Agresso on August 14th
1b. Password Security on Log In to Agresso IMPORTANT
Purchasing
2a. Adding Documents to Requisitions
2b. Checking which Account Code to use with Products and Vice Versa
2c. To View the GL Coding of Requisitions
2d. Estates Recharging Reports
2e. Missing Goods Received Workflow
2f. Copies of Closed POs
Reporting
3a. To create reports under your Private Reports Folder
Workflow
4a. Visibility of Substitutes in Workflow Maps
4b. Internal Trade Workflow Maps
4c. Resizing the Workflow Pane in Workflow Enquiries
General
5a. Document Archive Update
5b. Setting Your Screen to Windows 2007 Display Options
Help Desk
6a. Summer Cover Levels and Response Times
March 2009 (Newsletter 10)
Upgrade Project
1a. Progress report on the update to 5.5.3 for June go live
Internal Trade
1a. Progress report on the update to 5.5.3 for June go live
Internal Trade
2a. You now need to specify the location and time for delivery of Catering Orders
Purchasing
3a. How to see the workflow maps
3b. How to see workflow comments
Reporting
4a. How to send a template report to another user
3b. How to see workflow comments
Reporting
4a. How to send a template report to another user
General
5a. How to set up a link from one screen to another
5b. Reminder how to turn off email alerts that you have a workflow task
5c. Where to look to see workflow comments on journals in workflow
5d. How to reset you screen set up (Smart Client)
5e. Ghost workflow tasks
5b. Reminder how to turn off email alerts that you have a workflow task
5c. Where to look to see workflow comments on journals in workflow
5d. How to reset you screen set up (Smart Client)
5e. Ghost workflow tasks
January 2009 (Newsletter 9)
Internal Trade
1a. Letter to Agresso
1b. How to look up your items posted by Richard at month end
1c. Automatic Acceptance of Charges
1b. How to look up your items posted by Richard at month end
1c. Automatic Acceptance of Charges
Purchasing
2a. Reminder how to copy a previous requisition
2b. Avoid saving as a template by accident.
2c. What to do if you GRN twice
2d. Link from Requisition approval screen back to original req
2e. Requisition fields
2f. How to see the items you have approved in requisitions workflow
2g. Changes in respect of requisitions over £10k
2a. Reminder how to copy a previous requisition
2b. Avoid saving as a template by accident.
2c. What to do if you GRN twice
2d. Link from Requisition approval screen back to original req
2e. Requisition fields
2f. How to see the items you have approved in requisitions workflow
2g. Changes in respect of requisitions over £10k
Reporting
3a. How to generate reports in landscape
3b. Reminder of the content of the PI desktop
Help Desk
3b. Reminder of the content of the PI desktop
Help Desk
4a. Access to Agresso
4b. Workflow maintenance
4c. Training New Users
4d. Setting up Substitutes
General 4c. Training New Users
4d. Setting up Substitutes
5a. Feedback from the recent user survey
5b. How to adjust the size of columns on Smart Client
5c. How to access Agresso from outside the campus using vpn
5d. How to Tile Agresso screens in Smart Client.
5b. How to adjust the size of columns on Smart Client
5c. How to access Agresso from outside the campus using vpn
5d. How to Tile Agresso screens in Smart Client.
November 08 (Newsletter 8)
Workflow
1a. New Workflow Enquiries on the Web Client
September 08 (Newsletter 7)
Internal Trade
1a. Central Stores: New Supplier Number
1b. Internal Order Email Alerts
1c. How to Reject an Internal Order
1b. Internal Order Email Alerts
1c. How to Reject an Internal Order
1d. How to see workflow maps for Internal Trade items
Projects & Budgets
2a. Who maintains my project in the Finance Office
Purchasing
3a. Purchasing Card Software (PCCL) Latest News
Reporting
4a. Single Year Project Report in PI Desktop
4b. Commitments Report
4c. How to save a private version of a report
Help Desk
4b. Commitments Report
4c. How to save a private version of a report
Help Desk
5a. Access to Agresso
5b. Workflow Maintenance
5c. Training for New Users
5d. Setting up a Substitute
5b. Workflow Maintenance
5c. Training for New Users
5d. Setting up a Substitute
General
6a. Substitutes in Workflow Maps
6b. Customising your Task Bar
6c. Future of Lawson
6b. Customising your Task Bar
6c. Future of Lawson
June 08 (Newsletter 6)
Purchasing
1a. Single report for commitments
1b. Reminder of workflow enquiry screens
1c. How to email a Purchase Order to a supplier
1d. Ordering Books – Dept code has to be input
1e. Reasons why requisitions do not convert to a PO
1f. How to get your workflow tasks redirected when you are on leave.
1b. Reminder of workflow enquiry screens
1c. How to email a Purchase Order to a supplier
1d. Ordering Books – Dept code has to be input
1e. Reasons why requisitions do not convert to a PO
1f. How to get your workflow tasks redirected when you are on leave.
Internal Trade
2a. Help in overcoming some common pitfalls
2b. A recurrent error which Agresso is fixing
2b. A recurrent error which Agresso is fixing
Projects & Budgets
3a. Fund Checking on Journal & Purchases
3b. New budget Categories for Small Research Facilities
Reporting
3b. New budget Categories for Small Research Facilities
Reporting
4a. How to save your own versions of reports
4b. How to avoid deleting Global Reports
4c. Workshops with a focus on Year End
4b. How to avoid deleting Global Reports
4c. Workshops with a focus on Year End
Sales Orders
5a. Credit Note Approvals
Help Desk
6a. Things we need to know when you report a problem
6b. Common budget error messages – a reminder
6b. Common budget error messages – a reminder
May 08 (Newsletter 5)
Purchasing
1a. Goods Received Status Reports
Internal Trade
2a. Self Authorisation of Catering Orders
Projects & Budgets
3a. Fund Checking on all journals/purchases
3b. VAT on requisitions
3c. Reminder of the Dept Budget Reports Available
3d. New Report for “K” accounts
3b. VAT on requisitions
3c. Reminder of the Dept Budget Reports Available
3d. New Report for “K” accounts
March 08 (Newsletter 4)
Purchasing
1a. Stationery Orders
1b. Buying Books
1b. Buying Books
Internal Trade
2a. ITP dispatches
2b. Estates Recharges
2c. Amount changes
2d. No supplier requisitions
2e. Delivery dates for Catering
2f. Commitments in respect of Internal Orders
General Ledger
2b. Estates Recharges
2c. Amount changes
2d. No supplier requisitions
2e. Delivery dates for Catering
2f. Commitments in respect of Internal Orders
General Ledger
3a. Error message on Journal Entry
Projects & Budgets
4a. Reporting Budgets
4b. Project Manager Information
4c. “Budget Exceeded” error messages
4d. PCB Invoicing – Draft Invoices
4b. Project Manager Information
4c. “Budget Exceeded” error messages
4d. PCB Invoicing – Draft Invoices
Project Plans
5a. Agresso fixes
5b. New website
5c. Budget Enforcement on items not ordered on PO
5d. Change of Name for Menus
5b. New website
5c. Budget Enforcement on items not ordered on PO
5d. Change of Name for Menus
Accounts Receivable
6a. Credit Notes Matching
6b. Checking if sales invoices have been paid
Training
6a. Credit Notes Matching
6b. Checking if sales invoices have been paid
Training
7a. BUCS IT Training Courses
7b. Workshops
7c. Purchase to Pay Training
7d. PI Desktop presentations
7b. Workshops
7c. Purchase to Pay Training
7d. PI Desktop presentations